I live in Dubai. I explore how technology, design, space, and human life come together into a new reality. Real estate, design, artificial intelligence, and visual art are, for me, parts of a single view of the world. I look at homes, interfaces, and the future through the lens of taste, systems thinking, and real family life in Dubai.
Monday, March 9, back in the office — anxious overall, as Dubai is being hit, but air defense works well. We left remote to see how things go. Morning feels calm; I really hope it stays that way. Last week was jittery: kids at home, clients worried, sirens in the background
A little spring, a little beauty and a little Dubai. I collected warm congratulations for March 8th and added a selection of objects that are really nice to look at
This was the best restaurant I've been to in Dubai so far
Celebrating February 14th at SPI Dubai. About the love of a city that inspires you to do more, and about finding a place that will become your true home
This time the children themselves and their nanny went to International Day at Raffles World Academy school and I arrived only at the end for a couple of hours and the first quest was to find the children, since they were scattered around the entire perimeter
Swapping pixels for the scale of a city. My move from BigTech into Dubai real estate, seen through a UX lens: why I chose SPI Dubai, how design experience helps me read the ergonomics of a home, and why I’m building LiveDXB.com — an honest guide to real Dubai, without filters
We celebrated Ira’s graduation from the Law programme at Middlesex University Dubai — two and a half long years, but she did it and finally earned her dream: a British diploma. A great day, the whole family together. An incredible ceremony at Royal Atlantis on the Palm
As soon as you turn away, you come into the garden, and there are children making a fire with all their might, burning wood and paper and cardboard and declaring that they are very happy and they are children and therefore they simply have to light a fire!
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